Jeff Bezos wished to be a physicist until one Math problem gave him a reality check: Amazon founder's hilarious moment from PrincetonBefore founding Amazon, Jeff Bezos aspired to be a theoretical physicist at Princeton. A challenging homework problem, solved instantly by ...
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Operation Sindoor revives Daniel Pearl beheading case after 23 years. Who was he?India's 'Operation Sindoor,' launched after the Pahalgam attack, has struck a JeM facility in Bahawalpur, potentially delivering justice in...
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$30 million startup, 4.0 GPA, 34 ACT: Viral story of a teen facing rejections from 15 colleges despite having it allZach Yadegari, an 18-year-old entrepreneur who built a $30 million business, faced rejections from numerous top universities despite his pe...
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Thomas E. Kurtz, creator of BASIC computer language, dies at 96Thomas E. Kurtz, co-pioneer of the BASIC programming language, dies at 96. In the 1960s, he and John Kemeny developed BASIC and the Dartmou...
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Low-carbon bitcoin? Crypto miners' green power talk angers Texas localsAs electricity prices hit $5,000 per megawatt hour on a hot day, it was no longer profitable to run the machines that compete to verify blo...
06 Sep, 2022, 04.01 PM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: Princeton Digital, MediBuddy, Niyo raise fundsData centre company Princeton Digital Group (PDG), health-tech startup MediBuddy, Neobanking platform Niyo were among the startups that rai...
25 Feb, 2022, 06.12 PM IST
Kisan Network raises $3 million in seed funding round led by Mistletoe SingaporeThe agri-tech startup will use the proceeds to expand into newer geographies and bring more farmers on board its platform. Prior to this, K...
31 Jan, 2020, 06.19 PM IST
At Princeton, Jeff Bezos had a tough time doing algebra; Twitter finds Lankan friend who helped himThe Amazon boss once spent 3 hours on a Math problem, only to have it solved by a college fellow in minutes.
20 Sep, 2018, 01.54 PM IST
Iconic Einstein photograph fetches USD 125,000 at US auctionThe picture was clicked on the occasion of the Nobel Prize winner's 72nd birthday party at Princeton University on March 14, 1951.
31 Jul, 2017, 05.16 PM IST
Rare playful photo of Albert Einstein expected to fetch $100,000Einstein was so amused by this picture that he ordered several prints to give out to close friends.
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Meet Wall Street’s ultimate burgundy wine collectorAt New York’s 21 Club in 1963, where Stott had often eaten with his parents, then head sommelier Mario Ricci advised him to buy cases of 19...
04 Dec, 2015, 04.28 AM IST
Chinese outstrip Indians in Ivy LeagueFor thousands of Indian students, a Harvard degree, a scholarship from Yale, may be the ultimate dream, but when it comes to realizing it, ...
02 Jun, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
Dipika Pallikal ousted from Women's JP Morgan Tournament of ChampionsIndia's world No.12 Dipika Pallikal put up a spirited display before going down in straight games to Hong Kong's Annie Au in the Qualifying...
20 Jan, 2014, 03.43 PM IST
Banks allying with hedge funds as capital rules biteAIG used CDSs to insure pools of subprime mortgages in transactions that were structurally similar to many capital-to-risk requirements.
19 Sep, 2013, 02.02 AM IST
- Mahatma’s grandson found dead in IIC room
Ramchandra Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, was on Wednesday found dead in a room at the India International Centre (ICC) here.
14 Jun, 2007, 04.16 AM IST
- She is just 23, and already in crorepati club
Here’s another reason for Bangaloreans to cheer. Shruti Chandrashekar, born and brought up in IT City, has joined the crorepati club with a...
24 Oct, 2006, 03.46 PM IST